Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
n,r.LAS STATE FAIR.
,, Falling OF In Attendance
! Snsn' Ascension with Parachute
BspVS q Bag Of Sand Attacked.
,s,, Record Beaten by k1ttie
fhe "o'Iu Running Face, Five
Eisbths Mile Heats.

sPS @II a TEX, Nov. 2.-The number IN
DALL ncs At the fair to-day was about
sttenu'. 40 smallest number this week,
losvV, ;. expected that tomorrow Will be
baE y - sog The railroad men and clerks
nsiu I've 3 half holiday and will be on
W. W. grounds in force.
tie Ssa balloon assembled to-day with the
IpS IT,, u attached, but Miss Bates rode
Ph s" basket attached to the balloon
ID ~ bsg Of sand about the weight OF
Nnno .nrc Isdy was tied to the handle OF
1s 'T psrschuse. When the balloon
the some 1000 feet in the air
Fs' rone holding the parachute
t0s cut ard it began to descend
VS. -, and gracefully, but a gust OF air
GEM. II bent the ribs of the parachute
csuSt the covering collapsed and it ap-
50 .p@1 ike an umbrella turned wrong
P tsa ort, falling to the ground as ii shot
sac 49, cannon. II was well that Miss
0 0a.o " was not hsnging TO it for she would
paw .irIv have been killed. Some change
csI en- h,ye 70 be made in the parachute be-
wiz - buman life is entrusted TO the
fail support. a,sn,, :,
AGRICULTURAL hall, and a blue tag YVES
i ns.sd TO it to- day. ElPaso county has
i.Lsn several blue ribbons, but Tom Green
Sar exhibit is covered up with
60 &C. ;sqs. It is certainly the handscmest
U U.S most complete county display in the
SDT ~ the products Of q county. When
aa- t,ir is over here the exhibit will be
..So a n Chicago, and Tom Green will get
nore good advertising.
THE RACES.
There were seven entries last night IN
.ao +-ot for named colts and FLIES, fcals
cIIggl hut there were only three starters
ta.dsy, HUBS Mambrino, G. G. and Grape
vine Chief. The last named horse was
tbe fsvorite in the pools and really has
the speed, but has q bad habit OF
Srsskipg when crowded, which
o.nsad him TO lose the race.
p,fore The fifth heat YVES run there was
cCmnlsInt made about Campbell's driv-
ing and q new msn was put up behind
GSpeyjne Chief, but this seems to have
baen unjust, for Campbell certainly drove
~ - a. oil no WAC worth This rsca
taV loLse t - -'l oIooo &C n n +at;ng
was no' 80 soly 800 80 uitbnn+ snacieI e4Forf
me -SS' Ini'0 N' Sr",,',nT 80 -''- - ~ -
nun. N,obr,ro .,-..---,... nib 3 ?
G1,'.....-... ....................3 , l l
Grapevine Cttef..-....-..'.......'..2 l .
Time, saba, 5:V'n o:UZ5, 5:Uo, 0:1Z.
In the second race, the 2:l9 class
,rot, there we're three entries and
oil were COCO ones. RosehGe
Wilkes was the EaVoElte ana won easily IN
thfee straight heats. rms race was &C.
void OF special interest, Inc cay CONTEST
being f0T second place. considering the
condition OF the tratk the tllne mAoe was
very good.
SUMMARY ,
A. y; fanu5nu.- .-..--'----' --'-'-.-''.'5
Eos4line Nlihe7. .-..''-- '''''''''''''' i ! .
ElmWJod Cblef. ------.--... -'.....0 . . .
Time 2:21b 2:2S4, 9 :225 2:22
Nbo third roca runn5no Ave. e1ohths ot
aiIo bas+g cyprors bsndicon w.e 4,
gra ,'t'T raco in Which the worid,e record
g,s h. eton Thara were n;ra entsias INT
Ave borses-Fvs Rrittan. Miss Gs+pn.
TittIe NJ Saouin and Joe T were d,s-
t,nced in the first hest The horses qot
GOOD sfsr+ bnf Kittie Pzqsa ana Sneie
Summed tn the front in the fir,t three
IanU,bs Canning DOWN the stretch the
riders were nsir9 the whin and enur, and
if was p rgce for blood. Snsie s
pushed Kittie for ell there
was in her. bpt she csme un6er the sIrIrq
= winner nv nose. In the socond heal
Kitde Pesse won easily. In this race